HPC Engineer

Technology Innovation Institute; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Technology Innovation Institute (TII) is seeking an HPC Engineer to deploy, optimize, and manage its CPU/GPU clusters in Abu Dhabi. You will work with researchers and infrastructure engineers to deliver reliable environments for scientific and AI workloads, including Slurm/Kubernetes-based orchestration, GPU driver maintenance, and container workflows.

Requirements include strong Linux administration, Bash/Python scripting, and hands-on HPC experience; familiarity with Slurm, Kubernetes,

Qualifications

• Practical experience administering HPC clusters or large-scale Linux environments.
• Strong Linux administration skills including packaging, permissions, processes and networking.
• Scripting in Bash or Python for automation.
• Experience with a workload scheduler or orchestration platform such as Slurm or Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Ansible and Git for configuration management and version control.
• Understanding of GPU computing environments and container workflows.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and maintain HPC infrastructure including compute nodes, GPU servers, storage.
• Perform Linux system administration, provisioning, patching, upgrades.
• Configure workload scheduling/orchestration platforms like Slurm or Kubernetes.
• Support researchers in software environments, submissions, and debugging workloads.
• Diagnose hardware, OS, networking, storage, and performance issues.
• Maintain GPU drivers, runtimes, libraries, and container environments.
• Automate admin tasks with scripting and configuration management tools.
• Monitor cluster health and resource usage; assist with capacity planning.
• Support expansion, maintenance, and validation of new hardware.
• Maintain documentation and escalation procedures.

Skills

HPC clusters

Linux administration

Bash/Python scripting

Slurm/Kubernetes

MPI/NCCL basics

Education

Bachelors or Masters in CS/EE

Tools

Slurm

Kubernetes

Ansible

Git

Docker/Apptainer

Job description

Technology Innovation Institute (TII) is a publicly funded research institute, based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is home to a diverse community of leading scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and researchers from across the globe, transforming problems and roadblocks into pioneering research and technology prototypes that help move society ahead.

We're looking for a talented HPC Engineer to join our growing team and support the computational infrastructure powering advanced research. As an engineer in our team, you'll deploy, maintain, and optimize CPU and GPU clusters, working closely with infrastructure engineers and researchers to provide reliable, efficient computing environments for scientific and AI workloads.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and maintain HPC infrastructure, including compute nodes, GPU servers, cluster management systems, and shared storage.
• Perform Linux system administration, including provisioning, configuration, software installation, patching, and upgrades.
• Configure and maintain workload scheduling and orchestration platforms such as Slurm or Kubernetes.
• Support researchers in configuring software environments, submitting workloads, and troubleshooting execution issues.
• Diagnose hardware, operating system, networking, storage, and workload performance problems.
• Maintain GPU drivers, compute runtimes, communication libraries, and container environments.
• Automate routine administration and deployment tasks using scripting and configuration management tools.
• Monitor cluster health, resource utilization, and capacity, and assist with performance tuning.
• Support infrastructure expansion, maintenance activities, and validation of new hardware.
• Maintain operational documentation, configuration records, and procedures, escalating complex issues when necessary.

Requirements

• Practical experience administering HPC clusters, GPU infrastructure, or large-scale Linux environments.
• Strong Linux administration skills, including package management, system, permissions, processes, filesystems, and networking.
• Proficiency in Bash or Python for scripting and operational automation.
• Hands-on experience with a workload scheduler or orchestration platform such as Slurm or Kubernetes.
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible and version control using Git.
• Familiarity with container technologies such as Docker, Apptainer/Singularity, or containerd.
• Understanding of GPU computing environments, including driver installation, CUDA runtimes, and basic GPU diagnostics.
• Familiarity with shared or parallel storage systems such as NFS, Lustre, or BeeGFS.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals and high-performance interconnects such as InfiniBand or RDMA-capable Ethernet.
• Ability to investigate operational issues independently, follow established procedures, and recognize when escalation is needed.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with engineers and researchers.
• Experience with MPI, NCCL, distributed training, or scientific computing applications is a plus.
• Experience with cloud-based HPC infrastructure or infrastructure-as-code tools is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Typically 1–3 years of relevant experience in HPC, Linux systems administration, or infrastructure engineering.